BEVO BEAT
Women’s preview: Texas vs. Sam Houston
Posted December 26th, 2015
When: 2 p.m. Sunday
Where: Erwin Center
Records: Texas 10-0, Sam Houston State 4-5
Radio: 104.9
TV: LHN
Probable starting lineups
TEXAS | ||||||
No. | Pos. | Player | Class | Ht. | PPG | RPG |
24 | F | Ariel Atkins | Soph. | 5-11 | 10.9 | 4.0 |
34 | P | Imani Boyette | Sr. | 6-7 | 11.5 | 9.0 |
1 | G | Empress Davenport | Sr. | 5-9 | 7.0 | 3.1 |
11 | G | Brooke McCarty | Soph. | 5-4 | 11.7 | 2.7 |
2 | G | Celina Rodrigo | Sr. | 5-6 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
UCONN | ||||||
No. | Pos. | Player | Class | Ht. | PPG | RPG |
30 | F | Breanna Stewart | Sr. | 6-4 | 19.3 | 8.6 |
3 | F | Morgan Tuck | Sr. | 6-2 | 9.3 | 1.9 |
33 | G | Katie Samuelson | Jr. | 5-9 | 11.2 | 3.3 |
11 | G | Kia Nurse | Soph. | 6-0 | 9.3 | 1.9 |
4 | G | Moriah Jefferson | Sr. | 5-7 | 12.7 | 2.6 |
Longhorns notes
Texas is coming off a 61-50 victory over Arkansas last Sunday in Oklahoma City. Taylor scored 15 points and was the team’s leading scorer for the third time this season…. Boyette blocked a season-high six shots against the Razorbacks, moving her ahead of former Horn Angela Jackson into fourth place on the school’s all-time career list with 223…. This marks the final non-conference game for the Longhorns before opening Big 12 competition Thursday at West Virginia….
Bearkats notes
Sam Houston State has four players from Central Texas, including two starters — Guillory (Anderson) and Beadle (Crockett). Two freshmen on the roster include center Ashleigh Cooper (Hendrickson) and forward Lydia Baxter (Bowie…. The Bearkats are coming off a 78-50 loss to Kansas State on Saturday…. Robertson scored 21 points and Beadle added 10 for the Bearkats, who trailed by only three points with less than four minutes left in the third quarter. Kansas State closed the game with a 40-15 run in the final 13 minutes.
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